Chuck McGill Highway to be dedicated
MCGILL FAMILY – The late Chuck McGill (right) will be memorialized when the road he grew up on as a kid will be renamed the Chuck McGill Memorial Highway. A dedication ceremony is slated for Saturday, September 9 at 11 a.m. at Pine Hill Park in Three Way, Tenn. His wife, Paula McGill and daughters,…
Read MoreTommy Lewis Brown
Funeral services for Mr. Tommy Lewis Brown, 70, were held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, August 22, 2017 in the Shelton-Hunt Funeral Home chapel with Bro. Bob Watson officiating. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation was Monday from 4 until 8 p.m. Mr. Brown, a truck driver, US Army veteran, member of the Humboldt Masonic…
Read MoreJohnny Stallings
Funeral services for Mr. Johnny Stallings, 82, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 23, 2017, in the chapel of Replogle-Lawrence Funeral Home with Bro. Chris Aton officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Humboldt, Tenn. Mr. Stallings passed away at the home of his daughter in Rives, Tenn. He was born…
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Longtime Humboldt banker cashing out next week
Janeice Frisbee will retire this month at BancorpSouth. Miracle survivor of bank robbery was shot twice, played dead One of Humboldt’s favorite bankers has decided it’s time to cash out. Janeice Frisbee says she’s ready to retire. Frisbee’s last day on the job will be August 31. She invites all her friends and customers to attend a…
Read More‘Berry skilled beauties lead ‘berry festival
CARAWAY IS NEW GC – Strawberry Festival president, Melissa Swingler (right), announces Chelsea Caraway will serve as her general chairman. The former hostess princesses will lead next year’s 81st annual West Tennessee Strawberry Festival. Both Caraway and Swingler are holding festival magazine covers from their hostess princess years. Caraway named General Chair It’s August and…
Read MoreHumboldt election draws new candidates
The deadline to be on the ballot for Humboldt’s November election has come and gone. Qualifying officially ended last Thursday, August 17 at noon. Bring on the campaigns. On the November 7 ballot will be mayor and all five aldermen seats. Also on the ballot will be four of the five school board seats. Humboldt…
Read MoreSamuel Charles Whitman
Graveside services for Samuel Charles Whitman, 73, were held Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 3 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Humboldt with Rev. Bill Espy officiating. Mr. Whitman, a lab technician with Owens-Corning in Jackson, Tenn. and member of Antioch Baptist Church, passed away Saturday, August 12, 2017 at Humboldt Medical Center. He…
Read MoreBessie Mai Gault Fortner
Bessie Mai Gault Fortner, 90, loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, died peacefully on August 8, 2017 in Memphis. Mrs. Fortner was born December 2, 1926 in Humboldt, Tenn. A homemaker, she was married for over 49 years to Wilbert A. Fortner, founder and president of W.A. Fortner Masonry Contractor, Inc. As a…
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